Effect of masker selection schemes on the perceived affective quality of soundscapes: a pilot study

• Main Authors: Ong, Zhen-Ting, Ooi, Kenneth, Lam, Bhan, Wong, Trevor, Gan, Woon-Seng, Watcharasupat, Karn N.
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Physics::Acoustics; Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Soundscape; Soundscape Augmentation; Virtual Reality; Auditory Masking
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/168668; https://internoise2023.org/program/
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The perceived quality of a given soundscape may be improved by adding “pleasant" sounds via a speaker or electroacoustic system to the existing soundscape as maskers. Ideally, the choice of sounds should be automated to minimize the time and labor required to maintain such a system. Hence, we i...